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May 17, 2019

Bartek Kramza doubles at XRS Poland

A round of the Xray Racing Series Poland was held at the Warsaw-based Serock track last weekend. The astro turf track offers a huge 22 metre long wall ride section as well as technical and high-speed sections, making it a real challenge for the drivers. In the 2WD Buggy class Sebastian Migal and Bartek Kramza were fighting for the overall TQ, with the better end for the young Xray driver. The finals then were dominated by Bartek (Xray) followed by Sebastian Migal (Xray) and Bartlomiej Gogacz (Schumacher).

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May 16, 2019

West German EP Off-road Regionals Rd2 – Report

Last weekend round 2 of the West German Electric Off-road Regionals was hosted by the Panik Team Troisdorf club and held on their huge astroturf track. Over 100 drivers defied the bad weather forecast and showed up on Saturday for some practice and the first out of three qualifiers. With rain almost the hole Saturday the track was pretty wet and slippery and made it a real challenge over the weekend. Nevertheless the sun came out on Sunday, however the track stayed wet and got even more slippery than the day before. Marcel Schneider made the best out of the conditions and took the TQ and win in the 2WD Modified class. Jens Becker followed in 2nd place after finishing on the runner-up spot in all three finals. Marcus Lubke completed the podium in 3rd.

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May 16, 2019

Matt Kirby doubles at APCS Series Rd4

Round 4 of the APCS Series was held at the WFO Raceway of Morgantown, West Virginia. Round 4 also marked the conclusion of the series with Matt Kirby taking the 2WD Buggy overall from Blake Brewer 2nd and William Dillon in 3rd. In the 4WD Buggy class it was again Matt Kirby from William Dillon 2nd and Dawson Kirby 3rd.

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May 15, 2019

Horne & Legue win at Michigan State Champs

The annual Michigan State Championships were held at Dirtburner Racing in Livonia, Michigan recently. This race typically brings out a few heavy hitters and this year didn’t disappoint. In 2WD Mod Buggy it was Allen Horne with the TQ from Mike Legue in 2nd. 4WD Mod Buggy and 1/8th E-Buggy then saw Mike Legue taking the overall TQs over Ayden and Allen Horne. The 2WD Mod Buggy A-mains then saw Allen and Ayden Horne coming out on top as Mike Legue had to settle for 3rd overall as the grip had come up and he wasn’t able to push his car as desired.

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May 15, 2019

Max Götzl sweeps Czech Open Rd3

The third round of 2019 Czech Open series took a place last weekend at the Horni Jeleni track. With rain on Friday morning the track grooved in nicely for the afternoon practice and was in a nice shape for the race on Saturday. Local hero, Max Götzl would take the double TQ in both Nitro and Electric Buggy with Tomas Kapicka taking 2nd in Nitro while Martin Vins rounded out the top 3. In E-Buggy it was Jiri Benes in 2nd and Michal Binder in 3rd.

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May 15, 2019

Anastasios Paparegas wins at Greek 4WD Buggy Nats

The opening round of the Greek 1/10th 4WD Buggy Nationals was held at the North Park track in Thessaloniki. Xray’s Anastasios Paparegas set the pace all weekend long by taking the TQ, win and fastest lap, leaving behind his Xray teammates, Panagiotis Mpolimenis in 2nd and Ioannis Mpelesis in 3rd.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

May 14, 2019

Francisco Bello Calvo wins at Galician Regional Rd1

The opening round of the Galician On-road Regionals was hosted by the Automodelista Vigues club last weekend. In the 1/10th Formula class it was Francisco Bello Calvo with the clean sweep in the qualifiers, taking the pole position from Omar Rodriguez on the 2 spot. The final then again saw Francisco leading the field in all three finals to take the day’s win from Omar on the runner-up spot. Ruben Manuel Aneiros came in 3rd to round out the podium.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

May 13, 2019

NRW Cup Rd2 – Report

The second round of the NRW Cup was held at the MACH-One track in Helmond, The Netherlands this past weekend. The event was held in good weather conditions and attracted some of the regions’s fastest 1/8th off-road drivers. In the Nitro Top category Jarno Pijpers was the man to beat and after a nice battle with Jeffrey Halsema for the last ten laps of the half-hour long A-main final, he would eventually take the day’s win with Jeffrey coming on the 2 spot. Rene van Schaijk came in 3rd, already two laps down.

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